Gas Condensate Reservoir

Characteristics
Between oil and gas reservoir
Produce light-colored or colorless stock tank
oil
Condensate (distillate, oil): > 45 API
Gas-oil ratio: 5,000 ~ 10,000 SCF/bbl
 Calculation of Average Specific Gravity
of Well Fluids
Consider a two-stage separator system

R1 1 + 4602. o + R3 3
w =
133,316 o
R1 + + R3
M wo

R1, R 3 : gas-oil ratio from separator (1) and stock tank (3)
1, 3 : specific gravity of separator and stock tank gases
o : specific gravity of the stock tank oil (water = 1.00)

141.5 42.43 o
o = , M wo =
, API + 131.5 1.008 o
Calculation of Initial Gas and Oil in Place
Ex. 5.1
Initial pressure: 2740 psia Reservoir temperature: 215 deg F
Average porosity: 25% average connate water: 30%
Daily tank oil: 242 STB Oil gravity at 60F: 48.0 API
Daily separator gas: 3100 MCF Separator gas gravity: 0.650
Daily tank gas: 120 MCF Tank gas gravity: 1.20

Calculate the initial oil and gas in place per acre-ft for a gas-condensate
reservoir.
Ex. 5.1 solution:
Step 1: Calculate important parameters
141.5 5954 5954
o = = 0.788, M wo = = = 151.9 lb/lb-mole
48.0 + 131.5 o , API 8.811 48.0 8.811
3,100, 000 SCF 120, 000 SCF
R1 = = 12,800 SCF/STB, R3 = = 496 SCF/STB
242 STB 242 STB
12,810(0.650) + 4602.(0.788) + 496(1.20)
w = = 0.896
133,316(0.788)
12,810 + + 496
151.9
step 2: Look for z factor using pseudocritical values
From Fig. 1.4, we have Tpc = 423 R and ppc =637 psia
T 215 + 460 p 2740
Tpr = = = 1.60, p pr = = = 4.30
Tpc 423 p pc 637
look up in Standing and Katz chart, we have z = 0.825 at the initial condition.
step 3: Initial volume of gas in place, V= 43560 0.25 (1-0.30)
Step 4: initial total lb-mole of gas in place
pV (2740 psia)(43560 0.25 (1-0.30))
n= = lb-mole
zR'T 0.825(10.73)(215+460)
Under standard conditions each lb-mole of gas is equivalent to 379.4 SCF
G = n lb-mole 379.4 SCF/lb-mole =1326 MCF/ac-ft
step 5: partition into fraction of oil and gas. For gas, volume fraction = mole fraction
for 1 STB of gas condensate,
Gas volume = 12810+496 SCF = 13296 SCF
o 0.788
Gas equivalent of produced condensate = 133,316 = 133,316 = 691.6 SCF/ac-ft
M wo 151.9
13, 296
fg = = 0.95, f o = 0.05
13, 296 + 691.6
Vg = 1326 MCF/ac-ft 0.95 = 1260 MCF/ac-ft,
Vo = 1326 MCF 0.95/(12810+496) = 94.8 STB/ac-ft
Step 6:
total daily gas-condensate production in MCF is:
daily gas 3100 + 120
G p = = = 3386 MCF/day
0.951 0.951
total daily reservoir voidage by the gas law is:
675(14.7)(0.825)
+V=3,386,000 = 19, 450cu ft / day
520(2740)